ABSTRACT
A “discussant” is expected to provide a polemic. But I cannot do it, because I found this presentation masterly. And since my discussion must, unfortunately, be limited, I will synthesize my intervention and divide the address into two parts. First is the historical part, which connects current trends of family therapy with corresponding sociopolitical phases in the United States and Europe. The second part concerns the present dichotomy between two types of family therapy and Dr. Minuchin’s protracted personal experience with what he refers to as the therapy of the poor.
